Adverb

1. In any way, any extent or any degree.

   That isn't anything like a car.

Pronoun

1. Any object, act, state, event, or fact whatever; thing of any kind; something or other; aught.

   I would not do it for anything.

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     Usage notes

     , written as two words, is now commonly used in contradistinction to any person or anybody. Formerly it was also separated when used in the wider sense. Necessity drove them to undertake any thing and venture any thing. --De Foe.
     

     Related terms

     • thing
     • nothing
     • something
     • everything
     • anybody, anyone
     • anywhere